I wonder if it's already avail for the PlayBook, just it got pulled. I wonder if RIM offering their own native video chatting is causing a conflict. I wouldn't think so because Apple has their own, but then again I have never, ever used an iPhone so I don't know. Just a thought, probably onto nothing lol.

Skype would a non issue if the playbook offered another cross platform option like Google video chat, or any other non device specific app.

-Skype isn't a non issue because it is ubiquitous...Like it or not alot of folks use it (I include my mom in this and asking her to bounce from one message service to another would be a bit of a chore -yes she is old enough not to be comfortable with technology).

It also has the distinction of having become a verb...You can 'skype' someone or ask someone to 'skype' you. Few internet applications have been granted the verb status by the general population.

PB needs skype...if you don't use it doesn't mean it doesn't matter to others.

Skype is rumored in 2.0.
For those having the latest beta, the android converted (and sideloaded) app works fine.
What we'll have to see is if the android ported app will fly to the AppWorld ... mostly a licensing issue, I'll guess.

Skype is rumored in 2.0.
For those having the latest beta, the android converted (and sideloaded) app works fine.
What we'll have to see is if the android ported app will fly to the AppWorld ... mostly a licensing issue, I'll guess.

It works great as long as you and the person you're talking to are logged into their Skype accounts through IMO.im. You can't use video if the person you're talking to is logged in through the Skype app. Makes it pretty much useless if you want to video chat.

I'm tired of workarounds. Reminds me of that old Eddie Murphy routine where all of the kids in the neighborhood have McDonald's, and he has this big welfare green pepper house burger on Wonder bread with the grease and ketchup turning the dough pink.

I am hopeful that RIM will surprise us and we'll suddenly see Skype (and Netflix) on the PB right after (or with?) the release of 2.0. Hence the "yet" in Saunders' tweet . . . .

Networking company Cisco said Wednesday it is challenging Microsoft's $8.5-billion takeover of Skype at the European Union's top court to ensure Microsoft won't block other video conferencing services.

The European Commission, the EU's competition regulator, cleared the takeover in October and the merger was completed later that month. Microsoft Corp. hopes that owning Skype will allow it to better compete across platforms with other tech giants like Apple Inc.

Cisco does not oppose the merger, but believes the European Commission should have placed conditions that would ensure greater standards-based interoperability, Marthin De Beer, the head of Cisco's video conferencing division, wrote in a blog post.